Ford Mondeo sedan has received a technological upgrade aimed at the safety improving of the car and improving of the intelligent driver assistance systems. People can order updated Ford Mondeo at all official Ford dealers in Russia.

Over the last 8 years the Russian market of new passenger cars already suffered the crisis, when the dynamics of the sales went to the "minus". So, from October of 2008 to April of 2010 the monthly dynamics of the market of new cars showed the negative values.

Sollers and Mazda creates the joint venture in Vladivostok

Yesterday Russian company Sollers and Japanese car producer Mazda Motor Corp. signed an agreement about the creation of joint venture by cars production in Vladivostok with equal shares of owning 50/50. New enterprise will start the work in the second half of 2012.

The joint venture will produce crossover Mazda CX-5, sedan Mazda6 and also models Sollers for the future sale in the Russian market. The capacity of enterprise will be 50 thousand cars per a year in the first stage and then it will be increased to 70 thousand cars. Earlier it was informed that investments of Mazda in the production in Far East will be 80 million dollars. Besides, there will be 700-1000 of new working places.

As the General Manager of Sollers, Vadim Schevtsov, remarked, the project with Mazda confirms that infrastructure for cars production in Far East, which is being created by company Sollers, could become a good stimulus for big Japanese car producers’ attraction. It should be reminded that in March of 2011 Sollers also concluded an agreement with Japanese concern Mitsui about SKD-assembly of Toyota Land Cruiser Prado vehicles in the plant «Sollers – Far East».